Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17

New YoRK, March II An Bra0kly IN was |
in mourning to-day over the death of the |
| Rev. Henry Ward Baecher The public |
| offices we're closed, business was entirely
suspended aud memorial services were held
| in large number OF churches In the vicl-
| nity of Plymouth Church. Tho uptown
| streets looked deserted. As early us
o'clock FnltOn avenue wac tnronged with
people hnrrythg III the direction Of Ply
mouth Church,
Lines of police were stationed ut the ends
OF the block on which the church is stu
ntet, and no one WAS allowed to pass
through tho ians unless hr had ticket.
u fore u'cl * tao line In Orange street
was two blocks long three abreast, The
side s,reets we're packed with people who
hing around, hoping that they might be
able 10 got ia without a ticket.
The members nt Plymouth Cpmpnny,"0 y,
, Of tine Thirteenth Regiment, OF which Mr.
, Beecher WAS chaplain, we've stationed atthe
doors OF the church and in the lecture room,
They were under tho commani Of Ltsuten.
, ant L. T. Skinner and SeeChd Lieutenant
NJ A. Brown
nriug outside Of the church, the lady mem
hers oil the congregation were working like
hpavcr> within dressing the pulpit and
| 4ssktjt with lowers Tho wbnla interior
I wls turned iulo a perfect Hover garden
= and d fragrant perfume ot roses perVaded
|
v we're covered with eVergreen- aud GALA
= lilies rhe reaiing desk was cvereh will
!, French roses and vines as was also The
"a CHAIR III which Mr. Bsechrr sat fol
:, 80 many years. Thee was also
= floral embem In the shape OF a triangle
y on TOO nf which were percheh two whit
q iaves with white ribbons in their bills
| The farain OF the gallery was covered wit
D. pottrh plants. The pulpit was loaded dow
ID with flowers and floral emblems sent b
4 different organizations. The ca7ket va
/, placed on a catAfalque.
); The Rsv. DR.. Charles A. Hall said; eth
o6 hand that rests so still yonder laid aside tn
I'D pen over page Of the unfinished Life {
Christ Possibly the last flash OF though
an as the conviction grew upon him oil II
sr. probable end OF life was that his life was
N. be- left unHnished--that he had not told
-, men that he would have them know OF tn
~. preeiousrevelation Possibly as esprit h'
oy away to ba with Christ whom he had bet
by servlngthe following knowledge came TO hi
air Of that shoreless ocean Of eternal life viii,
es is TO know God and Jesus Christ, whom
ief hath sent. That ls the beautitc vision, t
1ld love OF Christ which passeth knowlede
MA We dwell on one tiny bay OF II here a
~ ~ dream about IT,. The departed saints
.uu God have already put out on Its immeast
me able spaces and learned that the life
she Christ Is never finished. 1t is the one VIC
ad- OF God which is ever spoken, echoing agt
his and again, on and on, with ceaseless rev
Mes beration down the centuries, II there y
one thing that stirred the heart that n
rests from its labors more than any other q
has marked his life and makes his mem,
= precious to US now, 1t was his many-stC
~. utterances OF Christ living as going alb
'hes, among men, master who first and
end asks us to believe In Him rat
erred than to believe what others say about h
yeara The radical question Of this age has be
irug- is there faculty Of Illuminated reasoI
+ NJ. recognize living Christ who can talk
!. -, us and by the great communication OF
tue mind and spirit directly lead us Into
IRAN; truths?' AS monarchs and hereditary
and situations and at last African slavery b
'sts fallen to the dust. the question gait
I've voice and insists upon an answer. 1t
not be put OF by any compromises with